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RICHARD DAVID BACA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordRichard David Baca, of Ventura, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 84
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 84
- JAMES JOHN AHRENSPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JOHN PEDDIE BATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- TROY BETHEASpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 93
- ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.